A deputy jailer and a convicted burglar he was supposed to be taking to jail were arrested Wednesday after going on a 100-mile drunken road trip in a law-enforcement vehicle and making a series of false arrests, authorities said.

The jailer and inmate were caught after drivers began calling authorities to report that a drunken duo was making traffic stops, Kentucky State Police Trooper Ralph Lockard said. They allegedly let the drivers go after accepting cash bribes.

"Somewhere near Richmond, the inmate ended up out of the handcuffs and in the front seat, consuming alcohol," Knox County Judge-Executive Raymond Smith said.

"Somewhere in Fayette County they started stopping speeding motorists and arresting them. They would get them in the back of the cruiser, cut a deal for cash and let them go."

The deputy jailer, Clarence Wilson, 37, was driving a vehicle marked similar to a police cruiser, including emergency lights on the roof, authorities said.

They had left Knox County, in southeastern Kentucky, on Tuesday evening and were supposed to head to Lewis County, in the northeastern part of the state.

Wilson, 37, has been suspended from his job pending the outcome of an investigation, Smith said.

He was charged with drunken driving, impersonating an officer, unlawful imprisonment and official misconduct.